Manual of Instructions : Étant Donnés : 1. La Chute d'Eau 2. Le Gaz d'Éclairage ...
  • artists' book
  • leatherette covers
  • offset-printed
  • sewn bound
  • black-and-white & color
  • 30.5 x 27.5 cm.
  • 2 vol. : 1 vol. 16 pp. ; 2 vol. [unpaginated]
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 9780300149807

Manual of Instructions : Étant Donnés : 1. La Chute d'Eau 2. Le Gaz d'Éclairage ...

[Second Edition]

Marcel Duchamp, Anne d'Harnoncourt, Michael R. Taylor

Manual of Instructions : Étant Donnés : 1. La Chute d'Eau 2. Le Gaz d'Éclairage ...

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Artists'' book / facsimile of Duchamp''s "Manual of Instructions" / notebooks related to his work "Étant Donnés : 1. La Chute d''Eau 2. Le Gaz d''Éclairage ..." with drawings, collages, foldouts, and photographs. Also includes a separate 4-page insert with an essay by Anne d''Harnoncourt. Duchamp''s writing in French and with translations in second volume. Essays in second volume by d''Harnoncourt, Michael R. Taylor. "Duchamp''s Manual of Instructions was prepared by the artist for the disassembly of Étant donnés in his New York studio and its reassembly at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. First published in 1987, the manual has had far-reaching ramifications for the study of Étant donnés and Duchamp. Illustrated with 116 black-and-white Polaroids taken by the artist and 35 pages of his handwritten notes and sketches, the revised edition includes a new essay by Michael R. Taylor on the pivotal importance of the manual to an understanding of Duchamp''s artistic practice as well as the first English translation of the artist''s text." -- publisher''s statement.

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